Each month we feature a technology with potential legal implications and ask:
What’s YOUR answer?
One $25 Starbucks gift card card awarded per challenge based on what we feel is the most judicious response to the highlighted technology, below.
Deadline to be eligible for this month’s Starbucks gift card is May 10, 2015.
“Is Death an Inevitability or Solvable Problem?”
If mortality (or at least aging) is a solvable problem, is it selfish to solve it or is doing so potentially good for mankind and generations to come? Private funding to rebuild, regenerate and reprogram the human mind and body will allegedly lead, if not to immortality, to a longer and more fulfilling life. On the other hand, biomedical research into anti-aging, backed by dollars not available elsewhere is said to tinker “with nature in big ways that easily could go awry” and so, the question is whether “conquering nature is desirable in the first place?” While there appear to be benefits, especially when it comes to understanding and treating debilitating diseases associated with aging, social and legal implications abound. What kinds of repercussions do you envision from the privately funded anti-aging movement as outlined here?
